Frying-pan.



S. D. GONSALVES.

FRYING PAN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29. I918.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

len

FB'YING-PAN.

ed new and useful Improvements in Fryingltans, of which'the following is a specification.

This invention relates to domestic cooking vessels, a rticularly to trying pans, and has tor its 0 yect the provision of a frying pan including an outervessel and a removable form member disposed within and dividing the outer vessel merits of preferably rectangular configuration, wherehy eggs and the like cooked within the compartments will assume a shape suitable for disposition between slices of hread in making sandwiches, without pro- ]ecting'heyond'the edges of the bread. 'Aii important object is the provision of a device of this character in which the outermost sides of the form member are spaced from the sides of the outer vessel, whereby after the eggs or the like are cooked-upon one side and the form subsequently removed, spaces will exist between the outer edges of the tried material and the outer edges of the vessel, whereby an implement may readily be engaged beneath the fried material in order that it may he turned over with the utmost ease.

Another object 'is'the provision of a device of this character in which the outer vesseland the form'member are both provided with so arate handles which contact throughout t e major portion of their so that they may 'be grasped as a single handle for moving the'device around, the end of the handle of the form member being further provided with an angular tip engageahle by the operators thumbor finger for moving the form member out of engagement with-the bottom of the vessel.

. A s her ohject is the provision of a trying pan of this character which will be extely simple and cient and dumb e in service and a improvent or the art. With the a ways and other objects and ad- .in giew, the invention consists in 9 w finned, and illus- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 1918. Serial No. 231,476.

.sel which is formed into a plurality of compartwhich they to he hereinafter Patented one. is, rare.

trated in the accompanying drawing, in-

which:

Figure 1 device, and

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view therethrough on the line 2-2 of Fig. l. Referring more particularly to thedrawings, the numeral 5 designates the outer vespreferab'ly rectangular as shown, and which is provided with an upwardly curved handle 6 cent-rally of one side thereof. Disposed within'the vessel 5 is a removable form member which comprises a plurality of longitudinal a'nd transverse strips 7 and 8, respectively, which intersect each other at right angles to provide a. plurality of compartments 9. The ends of the strips extend outwardly beyond the outermost faces of the outermost strips intersect to provide spacing members 10, the ends of which bear against the inner walls of the vessel 5, as clearly shown in Fig. l. The form member may be formed in any desired manner from sheet is a plan view of my complete metal or by casting and is provided centrallyof one side with a curved handle 11 which is disposed in contacting relation to the handle '6 and which terminates at its eX- treme outer end in an angular extension 12. In use the operation of my device is as follows Eggs, either in individual form or m scrambled or omelet form, or any other suitable material, are placed Within the compartments 9 whereupon the pan is used in the usual manner. '1' he material when poured into the compartments will naturally conform to the shape thereof, which is of a predetermined configuration and of proper dimensions to agree with standard sized bread slices commonly used for sandwiches. The device may behandled as a single integral structure by grasping both handles owing to the fact that both the handles 6 and 11 contact with each other. After the eg or member removed bodily from the vessel 5.

The eggs or other material will then still remain upon the bottom of the vessel, and

will be in sp relation to each other and m w of tha 42am? 5. All, 01 y too 

